TikTok mobile shop owner praised for aiding elderly man with utility bills

A TikTok user who runs a mobile phone repair and purchase store made headlines this week for his kindness towards an elderly man that pawns his mobile phone every month to pay his utility bills. The shop owner not only refrains from charging interest but also provides the elderly man with food to take home.

The account @5parinyaaek888 posted a video of the elderly man reclaiming his pawned mobile phone, which he brings in monthly. He receives a few hundred baht each time, which goes towards his monthly water and electricity bills. Every time he pawns his phone, he allows the redemption period to lapse, waiting until his elderly allowance is disbursed before he can reclaim it.

The shop owner, known as Eak, revealed to the Trending Team that the elderly man visits once a month, pawning his phone for a few hundred baht each time. He waits for his elderly…